The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1133 Small talk

Sheng Yuan didn't know what happened in "Wen Ya Pavilion" and had no interest in finding out.

She is now enjoying a feast in the "Retirement Garden".

“The new Hu sheep served in the kitchen are extremely tender and delicious. They are boiled in water for a while and then simmered until cooked. Dip them in the water and other condiments and the taste is unforgettable!” Sheng Xiangxun waved his folding fan and showed off the recipe he had just collected with a smile.

Seeing Sheng Yuan and An Yu enjoying the meal, she couldn't help but show off more and more, and said to Zheng with a beaming face: "How is it? The two children are so supportive! I got this recipe before and wanted to let the chef try it, but you didn't agree. You insisted that if it was done this way, the taste would definitely be very choking! Now let's see, how is it?!"

Zheng couldn't bear to see him get carried away, so she put the mutton with the sauce into her mouth and chewed it carefully. After swallowing it, she gently wiped the corner of her lips with a handkerchief, glanced at him sideways and snorted, "If you say this dish is delicious, I have no objection, but if you use the sweet taste of these two darlings eating as evidence, I have something to say! From childhood to adulthood, when have you ever seen them eat without sweet taste?!"

"Ah, this..." Sheng Xiangxun paused, looked up and thought for a long time, and had nothing to say.

"Sister Yuan, have you noticed that if the meat was coated with batter and fried, it would probably be more fragrant! And the dipping sauce might taste even better if it was changed to dry sauce. Let's ask the chef to try making it tomorrow." An Yu didn't pay attention to the conversation between Lao Taishan and Lao Taishui, and concentrated on thinking about food with Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan's ears were perked up, but she didn't care much about the harmless comments.

Since the time of the Former Yan Dynasty, scholars and officials have regarded their love of delicious food and being gourmets as a virtue.

To this day, this trend still exists in the imperial court.

It does satisfy the appetite of many food lovers.

After lunch, the four of us had three different ideas, but we were all satisfied with the meal, which was quite interesting. When making tea after the meal, the old couple and the young couple had something to talk about.

Regarding Sister Kuang Qi and the Shengguo Mansion, Sheng Xiangxun snorted, "This is not surprising. You don't know your uncle yet. He is the kind of person who will not do anything without profit. He has spent most of his life thinking about surpassing his ancestors and bringing glory to the family. Now that he has this opportunity, can he give up? As for Sister Kuang Qi, it's not surprising either. She is thinking about Sister Chun and always wants to earn a complete guarantee for the child. Now that she has the opportunity to make a contribution in front of your sister, she naturally wants to seize it. Well, it's understandable."

"It's quite interesting. The man from the Duke's Mansion took control of the Nine Cities Military Mansion and united the two ancestors of our mansion. I watched with a cold eye and found that the Shu family and the Kuang family were no longer at loggerheads." Although Zheng and her husband moved to the nursing home, she could not hide the changes in the situation in the Marquis' Mansion. "If it is really as simple as it seems on the surface, it would be great. I wouldn't have to worry about your brother."

"There won't be a fight over at Wen Ya Pavilion, right?" On paper, Sheng Xiangxun's words sounded like he was worried about his son, but if combined with his weird tone and his expression of wanting to watch the fun without fear of trouble... it was too obvious that he was just trying to have fun.

Zheng glanced at him sideways and said, "As for your son, 99% of his brain is devoted to his own interests, and the remaining little is not enough to fool the two people in the backyard! Where else can he make trouble? At most, he can just turn his sleeves back to Wubenzhai, turn a deaf ear to what is happening outside the window, and be a peaceful and free person again, without caring about the earth-shaking incidents in the mansion!"

An Yu listened to the old couple's words of bullying their son and couldn't help but wink at Sheng Yuan.

  He had always thought that his eldest brother was the pride of the two elders in the mansion, but in the end... he was so despised!

Sheng Yuan looked at the beam speechlessly. In the past, his elder brother and family were rarely together, so there was a kind of beauty of distance between them.

But ever since her eldest brother moved to Kyoto, her parents have always been disdainful of her, especially after Sister Kuang Qi moved back to the Marquis' Mansion, this disdain was almost undisguised.

"Let's not talk about him for now. Sister Yuan, you are about to take office at the Five Military Commander's Office. Why don't you plan to go to court?" Sheng Xiangxun suddenly turned the subject to his youngest daughter.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zheng and An Yu turned their heads to look at Sheng Yuan.